happy birthday mommy2

song+ 27 -Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux
book+ the Cyborg 009 reboot GN
quest+ resocialization
upper+ i had a good week last week.
downer+ video game lust
attire+ jean skirt, black shirt, sneakers and tights
drink+ water

i've been going with mom to knit night for the last few weeks, even though i don't knit. it's been good for my productivity artistically, and also it's nice to see mom more. interacting with a variable group of other people is helping with my resocialization efforts too.

today's post is going up earlier than i usually manage because we're off to visit grandpa today, so it's kinda now or not at all, and i'm too proud of my progress sticking with blogging to intentionally skip a week or whatever. most of the birthdays on the Couture/Wolf side of Kyu's family fall in the August/September range, so multiple birthdays get lumped together and celebrated in chunks. today happens to actually be Suzy's birthday though, so it's a good day to celebrate.

i have my art bag packed, my next Tuesday project is a doll dress i designed last year, but i never really figured out how the backside would work if i actually tried to make it. today i'm gonna figure that out, then i plan to get the machine-based structure all sewn so Tuesday is just for hand-sewn detailing. that's gonna be where most of the effort goes overall, since i already have a pattern worked out for the basic dress, but gathering shades of blue silk to resemble cascading water isn't something i've done before. i'm also gonna have to figure out how to get the not quite shoulder strap (not quite cape either) to behave like i'll want it to, but that may come down to trial and error in the end.

if i get tired of trying to figure that out i'll have the pokemon 30 day prompts to fall back on, so i should be entertained regardless of actual chosen project. i also have my ipod charged and ready, so really it should be a productive day overall.